. >> reporter: the navy sending their ships out toy is as a precautionary measure, while in new jersey where many computer models are predicting a direct hit, beach residents are filling sandbags and ruring to close rides and stands that usually take weeks to shut down. >> it is all hands on deck thing. just everyone pitching in and making sure we can get everything taken care of before the storm hits. >> reporter: all right. let's look and see where we're going with this system. right now, as we said it is hurricane sandy and the winds currently 75 miles per hour and we're 375 miles southeast of charleston and moving at 10 miles per hour. tropical storm winds extend out some 450 miles from the center of this storm so it is a massive storm. here are the advisories we have right now. we've got hurricane warnings, i should say, the storm surge we're talking about right now, anywhere from 3 to 5 feet later on today from wilmington all of the way to cape hatteras and as you get into the hampton bay area. rainfall amounts will be from 7 to 8 inches and some areas up to a foot along the coas